Bed-brace.



J. L. PEACUCK.

N0. 690,992. :s Pafned lan. I4, |902.

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(Applicationled Apr. 16, 1901.)

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BED-BRACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latentV No. 690,992, dated January 14, 1902. Application iiled April 16, 1901. Serial No. 56,068. (No model.)

To a/Z wtom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, JULIAN LEACH PEA- COOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lexington, in the county of Davidson and. State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed- Braces; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to bed braces, and

has for its object to provide a device of this class which will uniformly brace and not unnecessarily strain the bedstead.

A further object of my invention is to provide a bed-brace which is so simple in its con struction that any housekeeper can attach, adjust, and detach the same without the aid of tools or implements of any kind.

A further object of myinvention is to provide a bed-brace which is constructed in such a manner that the tension means will adjust itself so as to compensate for any variation in the slack of the brace-wires.

A further object of myinvention is to provide a bed-brace which does not interfere with the mattress, dro., when attached to a bedstead.

A furtherobject of my invention is to provide a bed-brace which is cheap to manufacture and composed of a minimum number of parts.

Viih all these objects in View my invention consists in the novel arrangement of brace-wires.

My invention also consists in the novel construction of my tension means and in certain other novel features of construction and in combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and afterward specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan View of my bed-bracein an operative position. Fig. 2 is a plan View of my tension means, the brace Wires being broken away. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the center of Fig. 2.

Like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several figures, in whichl represents the sides of a bedstead; 2

screw-eyes secured therein; 3 and 4, bracewires, and 5 a turnbuckle.

6 is a threaded rod having a hooked end 7, Within which a pulley 8 is secured.

9 is a swivel having a hooked end 10, within which a pulley ll is secu red. Integral with said hooked ends or formed thereon are the guards l2, which protect the hooked ends and pulleys from the mattress, dro., of the bed.

The brace-Wire 3 is secured in one of the corner screw-eyes and is carried diagonally across and through the screw-eye 2, centrally located on the opposite side of the bedstead, and then back and diagonally across to the corner screw-eye, to which it is securely fastened. The brace-wire 4 is rigged in like manner, and the hooked ends 7 and l0 of the turnhuckle 5 are made to engage said bracewires at their intersection, as shown in Fig. 2. Said brace-wires 3 and 4t rest in the grooves of the pulleys 8 and ll, and the turnbuckle is wound up until the desired adjustment is obtained. A

Practically it isa matterof impossibility to rig the two brace-wires 3 and 4 at the same tension, and it is this that destroys ina great measure the efficiency of bed-braces generally; but in thisinvention I have overcome this difficulty and have constructed a bed-brace which will compensate for the unequal tension of the brace-wires. It Willbe seen that as the turnbuckle 5 is being Wound up the pulleys S and ll travel along the brace-wires 3 and et and yield to one or the other, according as the one is more slack than the other, thus compensating for this inequality and exerting an equal and uniform tension upon said brace-wires.

Having thus described my invention, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact construction as herein set forth, as various changes might be made therein by those skilled in the art which would fall within the limit and scope of my invention, and I consider myself entitled to all 'such changes and modifications.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. In a bed-brace the combination of the frame, eyes secured therein, brace-wires secured in said eyes, a turnbuckle, hooks at the ends thereof, pulleys secured in said IOO buckle having hooks at its ends, pulleys secured in said hooks and a protecting shield or guard over said hook and pulley, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JULIAN LEACH PEACOCK.

Witnesses:

FLETCHER R. LOFTIN, R. L. BURKHEAD.

hooks, which engage the Wires at the intersection, said Wires crossing each other Within said hooks at both ends of said turnbuckle, the whole arranged whereby uniform tension is exerted on the Wires, shields or guards covering said hooks and pulleys, and covering said Wires at their intersection, substantially as described.

2. As an article of manufacture and commerce, a detachable turnbuckle and tension device for bed-braces consisting of the turn- 

